(1) Arkaik is a technical death metal band from Riverside County, California. The band was formed in 2004 by Chance Strickland (guitars) and Jared Christianson (vocals) with the intention of creating innovative and creative death metal to take extreme music to the next level. After various lineup changes, they met Eric Cohen (bass guitar/backing vocals), who now also contributes to the writing process. The band later found Craig Peters (Lead guitars/backing vocals)